First it’s flying fish, now it’s flies PETA wants to protect

Ever topical, Madame Tussauds wax museum in London already has a statue of President Obama commemorating his “flyswatter-in-chief” status.

You have to give People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Credit for being consistent.

PETA’s folks apparently wouldn’t hurt a fly, and they want President Obama to be that way, too.

You recall that this week the president swatted a pesky fly and flattened that sucker flat during an interview.

PETA wishes he hadn’t and hopes that next time he will use a live trap to let the fly outside.

(And Lord have mercy, knock me over with a feather — from a bird that willingly donated it, of course. You can buy such a live trap for only $8 on PETA’s Website.)

Right, he has time to do that as he deals with the economy, health care and North Korea.

Seems like a tempest in a teapot, right? But let us not forget that these are the same folks who manned the barricades when they heard that fish — dead fish, former fish, ex-fish — would be thrown at Pike Place Market for the enjoyment of veterinarians in town on convention.

On second thought, don’t wash those countertops after breakfast today. Think of all the harmless bacteria.

(Earlier readers of this post noted that I wrote dentists and not veterinarians. My bad. A root canal on a Woodland Park elephant is being planned for the dentists convention.)

P.S. — Seems the White House really is bugged. The New York Times has the story.